From the feedback after upgrading, it seems our users like more how the recent posts feature worked in version 1.4 - showing only the last post from recently updated topics instead of all recent posts. Is there some option in the YaBB settings to enable the v1.4-like recent posts, or copying old code is the only way to get that back?

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Re: recent posts 1.4 vs 2.5Reply #1 - Jan 10th, 2012 at 4:26pm

Hi Slavcho ,

There's not an option in the settings, but this should do the trick for you:

From the feedback after upgrading, it seems our users like more how the recent posts feature worked in version 1.4 - showing only the last post from recently updated topics instead of all recent posts. Is there some option in the YaBB settings to enable the v1.4-like recent posts, or copying old code is the only way to get that back?

In case it might otherwise help, I left intact my original post below.

At least in YaBB 2.4 ...

If you mean that you prefer to only have the most recent post show rather than all recent posts, or a set number of posts, you can set the number of recent posts as you like by going to the Admin Center, then Advanced Settings, and then Advanced. You'll see the following:

Maximum number of messages returned on Recent Posts by Forum and by User?-1 will disable Recent Posts

But I must be misunderstanding what you mean since it seems odd to me that you'd want members to only see the last, and most recent post versus the number of posts they might otherwise choose to view.

IMHO, I believe the more options you give members, the better they will feel about using your forum overall. In other words, the less restrictions you put on them, the more user friendly your forum will be; up to a reasonable point of course.

On the other hand, if you mean your members and guest users would prefer it if the most recent post of any given topic is the first post they see versus having to go to the last page to view the most recent posts, then you can change this as well.

So you'd go to Forum Settings in Admin Center, and in the Posting section you'd look for the following:

Reverse Topic Summaries in Topic, so that latest post is at top? (Default order! See next checkbox ...)

Whether or not you change this default, members can do this on their own by editing their profile if you check the following option:

Allow users to select the order Topics Summaries are displayed in?

Hint: If you aren't already doing this, I suggest that you maintain, and occasionally use a regular member account versus only using your admin account so that you can see what others see when they use your forum. I also suggest that you occasionally look at your forum simply as a guest so that you can see what your forum looks like when new people visit.

« Last Edit: Jan 10th, 2012 at 9:13pm by Bill Myers »

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Thanks for the clarification. I think I get it now. Oddly enough, I don't remember YaBB 1.4 doing this, which I kept for as long as only a couple of years ago when I finally upgraded to YaBB 2.4 - had to because of all the spam that used to get through.

In any case, thanks for the link to your test forum so that I could see what you meant. Very cool.

My personal preference is to have recent posts show up as YaBB 2.4 was implemented although I've changed the default to the most recent posts showing up first.

I guess what it comes down to is what an admin wants, which will hopefully please most of the people most of the time.

Morning, noon, or night, have a great one!

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